Looking for a little help

I know that this is going to bring a lot of debate, as well as, the input from many that will honestly miss the point, but . . .

Long story short; I would like some help, discussion, direction, with building this idea of mine. I have been associated with the OMMP for roughly two- years, (which, admittedly means, I have a lot of knowledge, and no real experience). But I have been to a lot of compassion centers, 4 of the 6- alternative therapy clubs, and a list of other places, just trying to learn, find information, and get help.

Every one of them want money before they'll help. The problem with that isn't the fact that I have no money; I just believe I shouldn't have to pay for a compassion center to help point me in the right direction.

With that idea, I put together, and built a site at mycompassioncenter.com and would like to find others to help me build it, grow it, however you want to say it, but the idea is to help provide that help and direction for OMMP participants that can honestly make a difference- and I want it to be a real community that is built on compassion, not the member's money.

So, if you have ideas, questions, suggestions, would like to get involved and help- ANYTHING, take a minute and tell me what you think.

this is what i think.
i do not think you should have to pay for meds from your own grower unless you want to or have to pay to just be pointed in the right direction. we just got a compassion center here in my city where you can go in and donate for some meds if your out, and IMO this center is a good thing for people who cant grow them selfs. if you are wanting meds from the compassion center then i would think you would donate. the prices at the center are cheaper then the street prices, and much better meds.

so what kind of help would or could you offer? like helping people get meds,seeds,clones or other grow stuff or help setting it up.
sounds like a cool thing to be starting and i hope it becomes a good thing to OMMP

Well, the idea is to build a virtual community. The site is already up and running; however, the content on the site is a bit limited at the moment. As for the available help: The management of the club is available for instruction for anything from grow help to filling out the applications for the program. We have opened the site to members to post everything from classified adds to blogs and forums.

The ability to help people get meds, that would be more of helping people to find good growers and the idea of a community is founded on the idea of people helping people to formulate a better quality of life. This center is not the idea of come to us if you want everything for nothing- it is however, the premise of come and get involved. We have all learned you get out of something what you put into it. If you develope relationships with people the circle comes around.

I can help people find growers, I can even help people find meds when sh*t hits the fan, and everything goes wrong. But my whole idea here is to help people get together and start doing something to change the flawed system from within- Simply put, "If we as the OMMP participants can't work together to effect the system in a positive way, then no-one else will- In fact, the only thing that will happen, is the State will begin to police together the program that they let fall apart, and we all know how that is going to work out- For the benefit of the state.

Again, I agree with you, there are those conditions where there are people who cannot afford to pay for their needs, but that cost has to be absorbed somewhere. The expense of growing is more than most understand. With that said, I do not advocate the idea of growers charging for meds (then we have become nothing more than the pharmaceutical companies who have already screwed up that system). But, I do agree with the idea of patients absorbing the cost in other ways. If you can't buy a $15.00 quart of bloom, or something like that, then something is wrong. I also don't think a compassion center should be charging participants to fill out the forms for them either. If we are going to put together a grow class that requires expenses, then I could understand the idea of an entry fee for the expenses, but when you charge for things that are free to you- that is where I disagree.

There are a thousand ways to look at all this- and I am not trying to tell people how they are suppose to think. I just put this site together and made it a member's only site so that the participants of the OMMP would have a place to go to learn, educate and help each other while they build a community that could effect change in a flawed system.

This isn't my site, it belongs to the participants of the OMMP- now it's time for the participants to come build it the way it should be.

well it sounds like a good plan and site that is coming up. and yes i agree with you about the patient should at least be able to help with some things like the nutes and soil ect... but not charging for the meds them selfs cuz they are like you said just like a pharmaceutical company. and no one should be charged to just fill out paper work.
i pretty much agree with every thing you just said as well. i am going to check out the site here soon.

I look forward to seeing you in the site, and I think you will like what you find, and what you learn about the people who are already there.

i signed up yesterday and browsed around for awhile to learn the site, seems good so far.

Cool, you should have a whole bunch of stuff showing up for you in replies and other stuff. I know this because I am Shadow-Hawk there.

We have a couple other people who signed up from here also. I'm glad we opted to start posting in other places; I think it would be better to start getting site content from other people, rather than just the mundane stuff our design staff has to put in the site.

Now we need more Oregonians from here to come join up and build with us.-we even started a facebook page, and it's open to everyone:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cascades-Virtual-Compassion-Center-Central-Oregon/110638285675071

I'm in Cali but would be interested to follow this idea. I have an idea that is being implemented as money allows. I have my license and have one additional license of a patient I grow for. I am getting ready to move and will now have an entire room at my disposal, so.... The plan is that he will help as needed for harvest, tending while I'm gone, etc. In return, he gets free meds. As we get going, I have a couple more recs lined up to allow a productive harvest. These patients will be doing the same thing. We would like to eventually make our meds available to the MMJ community at a reasonable(We're shooting for $50, but don't know if we can stay even at that) price. If we can get this thinking going on a wider scale, community based, we can make meds more affordable for all.

I like your idea; and in Cali the rules are quite a bit different than they are here in Oregon. As time goes on, we hope to incorporate site additions for the other States that have MM programs, so I wouldn't see any problem with you stopping in and checking out the site; who knows, you might be able to help us setup the beginnings of that phase of our community.

Obviously, we would have to develop a few things to meet the laws of California, but that is something we wanted to approach in the near future anyway. Come check us out and tell us what you think.

Thank you for the invite! My wife has friends living in Klammath Falls(?) and has been talking a lot about moving up there. Dual residency?

Cool, I too have family around there, around Klammath Falls and up into Chiliquin.

BTW- Folks, when you stop in to check out the site; look at the very bottom of the screen. There is a live chat bar there, and I am almost always on the site. Pull it up (works just like the facebook chat system) and shoot me a line. I'ld love to chat and talk to you about our site.

you're welcome, we would be glad to have you. We have plans to incorporate other areas into the site for the other states that have MMprograms, but it is obviously going to take a lot more planning and building from where we are at right now. Maybe you could help us get that going. I know Cali has different laws than we do covering the MMP, and I have other friends who have done just what you are talking about- the dual residency, so there is help for you regarding that issue here as well.

I hope to see you in the club, and maybe we can help get things setup for others as well.

Okay folks, we are seeing a major increase in visitors to our new site, but we have only had two- people join. I thought I would throw up a line here to ask for comments on why?

Is there something missing, maybe something you are uncertain of, or all the Oregonian's that are visiting the site just not really interested? Something has to be wrong, and the only way I'm gonna find out what it is is to ask. So, tell me what could be wrong, and then give me ideas on how to fix it.

http://www.member.mycompassioncenter.com

I visited, but didn't join. I'm in Cali and read through TOU and was unsure if I was allowed to join as a "non-participating" member? I definitely don't want to do ANYTHING that may hurt your cause.

That being said, I would love to join and try to contribute. I just read again about Az accepting Cali recs and up to 2 1/2oz in possession. Kali doesn't reciprocate however, and I believe that needs to be changed. Is Az setting legal precedent?

Most definitely; come back and join- we have an open platform to everyone- the only thing that is kept separate is the OMMP.

Our future plans are to include areas for those other states that have MMPrograms, and the only way we can do that is to build an open membership with people from those other states.

By all means, everyone is welcome, and we want to include everyone in what we do. The idea here is to build a community that can effectively change the medical marijuana laws-EVERYWHERE!

And yes, I do think AZ is setting precedence in this case. I've been reading up on it and am a bit puzzled? The fact of no reciprocation tells me that there is more behind the scenes of the Acts and laws each state has enacted. Although, I prefer not to debate the ideas I have so far simply because they would sound like a conspiracy theory rather than a real understanding of what is happening here. I do think it would make for a great topic in the forums though- you would be surprised at what truths you can uncover in places like this.

Consider me budlover13 there as well. (If available!)

I have been told that the reciprocation of professional licenses, or lack thereof, is a result of economics and politics. Big surprise! Something to do with tax laws and a BIG ego.

Isn't that typical. Yeah dude, come on in the site and sign up; we currently have members from AZ and other states as well. There is no legal issue regarding the open source areas of the site, and the other issues are being address with an attorney as we speak.

We really want this system to take off and build, that is why we have a full site sponsor and everything goes through the attorney before we execute.

Just a line to let folks know we are still here and looking for some help. Help in the way of members who register at our site (completely anonymous) and get involved in our forums, and by putting other content together, like journals, and webpages, etc.

We have a few positions open for those who are willing to share their OMMP information with our office (it is fully protected) to validate your OMMP status- We are required to do this by the state to open certain areas of the site to you- those areas are specific to OMMP participants.

Anyway, stop by http://www.member.mycompassioncenter.com and check us out. When you arrive, a live bar is available at the bottom of your screen, and one of our management are normally there to assist you and answer questions.

Happy New Year every one- and thanks for the great response we are getting at the new website. We now have twelve members, five members from here, and three of them have been verified as OMMP participants. We are starting to get word from a lot of our sources out there that everyone is planning to put up a lot of content in the near future, from videos to recipes and more.

Things are starting to come together, and I would like to invite others here to join. We really are a community built to care for the OMMP participants, and we don't want you money, just your input.

Check us out- http://www.member.mycompassioncenter.com